Batchelor

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 336 people in Batchelor of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 23.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Batchelor was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Batchelor aged 15 years and over, 25.8% were married and 22.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Batchelor was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Batchelor, of people aged 15 years and over, 24.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Batchelor was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Batchelor 47.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.1% were in primary school, 5.0% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Batchelor were Australian 26.8%, English 17.3%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 7.1% and Chinese 2.9%.

In Batchelor, 61.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.1%, Germany 1.5%, Hungary 0.9% and Malaysia 0.9%.

In Batchelor, 76.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Batchelor were No Religion 25.5%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 10.4%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Baptist 1.2%.

In Batchelor 67.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Swedish 1.2%, German 0.9%, Hungarian 0.9%, Mandarin 0.9% and Kaytetye 0.9%.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Batchelor. Of these 64.1% were employed full time, 18.8% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Batchelor, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Batchelor was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Batchelor included Professionals 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.7%, Labourers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Managers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Batchelor, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 18.1%, School Education 9.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.8%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.0% and Accommodation 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Batchelor was $623.

In Batchelor, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.5%, Walked only 20.2%, Car, as passenger 8.8%, Bicycle 5.3% and Other 4.4%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Batchelor, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.1% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Batchelor, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Batchelor, 19.2% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 38.5% were one parent families.

In Batchelor 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Batchelor, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $2,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Batchelor, of couple families with children, 41.9% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Batchelor, 67.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batchelor, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Batchelor, of occupied private dwellings 12.7% had 1 bedroom, 35.5% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Batchelor, 21.6% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 54.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Batchelor, of all households, 46.9% were family households, 48.7% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Batchelor, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Batchelor, 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Batchelor, there were 80 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 45.0%) were male and 44 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Batchelor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In Batchelor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $86 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.